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ArticleJournal of applied crystallography2016

Robust background modelling in

James M Parkhurst, Graeme Winter, David G Waterman, Luis Fuentes-Montero, Richard J Gildea, Garib N Murshudov, Gwyndaf Evans

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Article in Journal of applied crystallography, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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7 authors.

James M ParkhurstDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK; Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Graeme WinterDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK.
David G WatermanSTFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK; CCP4, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK.
Luis Fuentes-MonteroDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK.
Richard J GildeaDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK.
Garib N MurshudovLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Gwyndaf EvansDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_A025_1012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A method for estimating the background under each reflection during integration that is robust in the presence of pixel outliers is presented. The method uses a generalized linear model approach that is more appropriate for use with Poisson distributed data than traditional approaches to pixel outlier handling in integration programs. The algorithm is most applicable to data with a very low background level where assumptions of a normal distribution are no longer valid as an approximation to the Poisson distribution. It is shown that traditional methods can result in the systematic underestimation of background values. This then results in the reflection intensities being overestimated and gives rise to a change in the overall distribution of reflection intensities in a dataset such that too few weak reflections appear to be recorded. Statistical tests performed during data reduction may mistakenly attribute this to merohedral twinning in the crystal. Application of the robust generalized linear model algorithm is shown to correct for this bias.

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background modellinggeneralized linear modelsintegrationrobust outlier rejection

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PMID27980508
PMCPMC5139990

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